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TIL that only four countries in the world have national anthems with no lyrics.

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5YkBk TIL that the movie poster for the 1983 film, Spring Break, featured the hips of 18 y.o. bikini model Tammy Leppert (who also had a bit part in the film) however she vanished in mysterious circumstances not long after the film release and has never been found since.
D1xYD TIL German chocolate cake is named after a guy named Sam German, not the country.
VMJ8G TIL of a traffic light in United States that is deliberately upside down - In 1920's the Irish community at Tipperary Hill, Syracuse didn't like that the "British" red appeared above the "Irish" green on the light and kept vandalizing it until New York State was convinced to keep it green over red.
EgJMp TIL about Susie Baker King Taylor, a nurse in the Civil War for the Union army, a teacher and an author. The only black woman from the south from that era, to publish her memoirs.
E1RR0 TIL that based on the books, Hannibal Lecter has six fingers on his left hand.